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  • Jaime Hayon Speaker 2016
    Jaime Hayón
    Artist / Industrial Designer / Product Designer
    Madrid-based Jaime Hayón is an artist-designer known for the bold-yet-whimsical look and feel he brings to his work.
    Valencia, Spain
  • Speaker 2007
    Milton Glaser
    Graphic Designer
    Born in 1929, Milton Glaser is among the most celebrated graphic designers in the United States.
    New York, USA
  • Speaker 2015
    Sindiso Khumalo
    Fashion Designer
    Sindiso Khumalo is a sustainable textile designer based in Cape Town.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Speaker 2015
    Selly Raby Kane
    Fashion Designer
    Selly Raby Kane is a Senegalese fashion designer and a central figure in Dakar's new wave of creative practitioners.
    Dakar, Senegal
  • Naomi Zwane Pro-account
    Naomi Zwane
    Graphic Designer / Illustrator
    Johannesburg-based Naomi Zwane is a graphic designer, artist and illustrator
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Speaker 2010
    Dunne & Raby
    Technology Designer
    Dunne & Raby is a London-based design studio established in 1994.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Heath Nash Speaker 2007
    Heath Nash
    Product Designer
    Heath Nash is a product designer best known for turning waste materials into covetable designs.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • David Adjaye Speaker 2013
    David Adjaye
    Architect
    David Adjaye OBE is principal architect of Adjaye Associates.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Speaker 2013
    Martí Guixé
    Food Designer / Industrial Designer / Interior Designer
    Martí Guixé is a Catalonian interior and industrial designer living in Barcelona.
    Spain
  • Speaker 2010
    Harry Pearce
    Graphic Designer
    Harry Pearce is a graphic designer and partner at Pentagram's London office.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Speaker 2005
    Garth Walker
    Graphic Designer
    Garth Walker is a Durban-based graphic designer and founder of Orange Juice Design and Mister Walker.
    Durban, South Africa
  • Peter Saville Speaker 2004
    Peter Saville
    Creative Director
    Peter Saville is the kind of designer that legends are built around. He is best known for his work designing record covers for Factory Records.
    International
  • Karlssonwilker Inc Speaker 2008
    Karlssonwilker Inc
    Graphic Designer
    Karlssonwilker inc. is a design studio located in the heart of Manhattan, founded by Icelander Hjalti Karlsson and Jan Wilker from Germany.
    New York, USA
  • Speaker 2005
    Campana Brothers
    Product Designer
    Inspired by Brazilian street life, the Campana Brothers combine everyday objects with advanced technology to create a specifically Brazilian approach to design.
    Sao Paulo, Brazil
  • Speaker 2017
    Nelly Ben Hayoun
    Interaction Designer
    Known as the Willy Wonka of design and science, experience designer Nelly Ben Hayoun is a director and creator of the impossible.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Speaker 2009
    Luyanda Mpahlwa
    Architect
    Architect Luyanda Mpahlwa is principal and director of MMA Architects in Cape Town.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Porky Hefer Speaker 2012
    Porky Hefer
    Product Designer
    Porky Hefer is a designer, activist and agitator committed to promoting change. Hefer is a creative doer that believes in keeping things simple.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Speaker 2011
    Dirk Vander Kooij
    Product Designer
    Dirk Vander Kooij is a product designer, best known for using recycled plastic from old refrigerators to create a range of chairs.
    Eindhoven, Netherlands
  • Christoff Niemann Speaker 2013
    Christoph Niemann
    Graphic Designer / Illustrator / Animator
    Christoph Niemann is an illustrator, graphic designer and author. He has been a speaker at Design Indaba Conference, in 2006 and 2013.
    New York, USA
  • Speaker 2010
    Bouroullec Brothers
    Product Designer
    Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec are a design team formed by brothers from Brittany in the north-west of France.
    Paris, France
  • Thando Ntuli Pro-account
    Thando Ntuli
    Fashion Designer
    Soweto-born Thando Ntuli wants to pay homage to the women who were here before us
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • United Visual Artists Speaker 2012
    United Visual Artists (UVA)
    Interaction Designer
    UVA produce work at the intersection of sculpture, architecture, live performance, moving image and digital installation.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Buhle Nkalashe Pro-account
    Buhle Nkalashe
    Graphic Designer
    Buhle is a Cape Town-based independent artist
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Speaker 2018
    Alejandro Aravena
    Architect
    Alejandro Aravena is the principal of Alejandro Aravena Architects and the executive director of Elemental, a do-tank focusing on projects of social impact.
    Santiago, Chile
  • Jaime Hayon Speaker 2016
    Jaime Hayón
    Artist / Industrial Designer / Product Designer
    Madrid-based Jaime Hayón is an artist-designer known for the bold-yet-whimsical look and feel he brings to his work.
    Valencia, Spain
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